My 2013 marathon season was supposed to be great – the http://marathonm.wpengine.com/2013/04/08/reviewing-the-2013-absa-cape-epic/ followed by the http://marathonm.wpengine.com/2011/06/18/the-absa-cape-epic-vs-the-craft-bike-transalp-powered-by-nissan/ plus a whole lot of European marathon races, with no doubt some UK road racing thrown in for good measure. As it was, that all came grinding to a halt in the final kilometer of the Epic, with a broken hip, thanks to […]
Archives for September 2013
MBC: Wallace awarded second stage win
Cory Wallace was awarded the stage 5, after a course marking mix-up on stage 5 of the Genco Mongolia Bike Challenge presented by Orbea, which saw times awarded some 44km before the end of the stage. The stage was run as scheduled, with a 96km loop which included 1,400m of climbing. However shortly after the […]
Mongolia Bike Challenge: Losing Control
Part of the joy of stage racing is the focus it gives you each day. Compared to the environment you’re stepping away from, life becomes highly simplified. You eat, race, eat and sleep. Sometimes there’s more eating. So although I know that I like to plan – to know, to prepare – and to an […]
Mongolia Bike Challenge: A win for Sager as racing resumes
Jason Sager (Jamis) claimed stage honours on a reduced stage 4 at the Genco Mongolia Bike Challenge presented by Orbea on Wednesday. Stage 4 highlights Following the cancellation of stage 3 on Tuesday due to heavy rains which lashed racers and caused , organisers took the decision to significantly reduce the length of stage 4 […]
MBC: Flooding calls an early end to stage 3
Organisers of the 2013 Genco Mongolia Bike Challenge suspended stage 3 of the event after on Tuesday, as heavy overnight rains caused flooding along the Tuul River. The stage was suspended just 40km into the 148km stage from the banks of the Tuul River to racers’ campsite (Kavcir Ganga), with rains bringing cooler temperatures and […]
Bernie’s Budget Mountain Bike Race Nutrition
Bernie I’Ons is a self described “classic middle-aged weekend warrior”. Like a lot of us, he’s caught the marathon bug, having raced a number of iconic Australian events, including The Highland Fling, Capital Punishment, Kowalski Classic, and he most recently toed the line at the inaugural Brownie Points Burner (check out Mike Blewitt’s wrap-up). And like a most of […]
MBC: Williamson does a double, as Ortiz and Zamora pull back time on Wallace
Catherine Williamson claimed a second successive stage victory at the 2013 Genco Mongolia Bike Challenge presented by Orbea, as racers travelled 126 kilometres along the Tuul River on Monday. First across the line was Antonio Ortiz, who edged out Pau Zamora in a sprint finish after the pair escaped shortly after the second feed station. For Williamson […]
Mongolia Bike Challenge Diary – Stage 1: The King Stage
Part of chasing mountain bike marathons and stage races around the globe is stepping into the unknown, being fully aware that you are about to do something that you can’t know everything about, and that you might not fully be prepared for. In the age of readily accessed information, you still yearn to know what […]
Wallace and Williamson start strong at Mongolia Bike Challenge
Defending Champion Cory Wallace and Britain’s Catherine Williamson claimed opening honours of the men’s and women’s races on stage 1 of the 2013 GENCO Mongolia Bike Challenge presented by Orbea on Sunday. The opening of the 7-day race was a 120-kilometer loop from the Genghis Khan Statue in Tuv Province. A hot day combined with […]